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Figurative Language
 Recognizing Figurative
Language
The opposite of literal language is figurative
language. Figurative language is language
that means more than what it says on the
surface.
 It usually gives us a feeling about its subject.
 Poets use figurative language almost as
frequently as literal language. When you read
poetry, you must be conscious of the
difference. Otherwise, a poem may make no
sense at all.
 Recognizing Literal
Language
“I’ve eaten so much I feel as if I could
literally burst!”
 In this case, the person is not using the word
literally in its true meaning. Literal means "exact"
or "not exaggerated." By pretending that the
statement is not exaggerated, the person stresses
how much he has eaten.
Literal language is language that means
exactly what is said.
Most of the time, we use literal language.
What is figurative language?
 Whenever you describe something
by comparing it with something else,
you are using figurative language.
Types of Figurative Language
 Simile
 Metaphor
 Alliteration
 Personification
 Onomatopoeia
 Hyperbole
 Oxymoron
 Allusion
 Metonymy
 Idioms
 Imagery
Simile
 A figure of speech which involves a
direct comparison between two
unlike things, usually with the words
like or as.
Example: The muscles on his brawny
arms are strong as iron bands.
Metaphor
 A figure of speech which involves an
implied comparison between two relatively
unlike things using a form of be. The
comparison is not announced by like or
as.
Example: The road was a ribbon wrapped
through the dessert.
Personification
A figure of speech which gives the
qualities of a person to an animal, an
object, or an idea.
Example: “The wind yells while blowing."
The wind cannot yell. Only a living thing can
yell.
Hyperbole
 An exaggerated statement used to
heighten effect. It is not used to
mislead the reader, but to emphasize
a point.
Example: She’s said so on several
million occasions.
Oxymoron
 a figure of speech pairing two words together
that are opposing and/or contradictory.
Example: bitter sweet
open secret
deafening silence
Alliteration
 Repeated consonant sounds occurring at
the beginning of words or within words.
Example: She was wide-eyed and
wondering while she waited for Walter
to waken.
Onomatopoeia
 The use of words that mimic
sounds.
Example: The firecracker made a
loud ka-boom!
Metonymy
 he substitution of the name of an
attribute or adjunct for that of the
thing meant.
Example: White House- US president
Crown- King
Apostrophe
 Addressing inanimate objects as if
there were alive.

Example: “Oh Blue Moon, why not

shed more light to the earth?”
Allusion
 A brief and indirect reference to a
person, place, thing, idea, historical
or cultural significance.
Example: Don`t like a Romeo in front of
her, be yourself.
Literary Allusion
 Relates a person or event to some
character or event in literature.

Example: It was just like Romeo and

Juliet, only it ended in tragedy..
Biblical Allusion
 Biblical references.
Example: This place gives a feeling that we
are in the garden of Eden .
Historical Allusion
A statement that refers to
history.
Example: She said she doesn`t
like Marcos who declared
Martial Law.
Mythological Allusion
 A statement that refers to mythology.
Example: When Achilles was still a
baby, it was foretold that he will die
from an arrow .
Idioms
 An idiom or idiomatic expression refers to
a construction or expression in one
language that cannot be matched or
directly translated word-for-word in
another language.
Example: "She has a bee
in her bonnet," meaning
"she is obsessed,"
cannot be literally
translated into another
language word for word.
Imagery
 Language that appeals to the senses.
Descriptions of people or objects
stated in terms of our senses.
• Sight
• Hearing
• Touch
• Taste
• Smell
Teaching Similes and Metaphors
 Alliteration Lesson Plan and Resources
http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/1allitera.htm
 Hyperbole- Lesson Plans and Resources
http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/10lesson.htm
 Idiom Lesson Plan
http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/6lesson.htm
 Imagery- Lesson Plans and Resources
http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/imagery2.htm
 Lesson Plan for Puns
http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/5lesson.htm
 Onomatopoeia- Lesson Plans and Resources
http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/9lesson.htm
 Personification Lesson Plans and Resources
http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/7lesson.htm
 Proverbs- Lesson Plans and Resources
http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/proverbs2.htm